Since FY 2003-04, all corporate deductors should file Income tax returns for deduction of tax at source (TDS) only in electronic form. Further, from FY 2004-05, in addition to corporate deductors, filing of TDS returns in electronic form is mandatory for government deductors also. The return can be filed either using NSDL Return Preparation Utility or any other software.

Step – I

Prepare the TDS/TCS Statement either using NSDL Return Preparation Utility or any other software;

Step – II

Download the File Validation Utility (FVU) developed by NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL) and freely available at Tax Information Network (TIN) website, many software vendors provide the utility inbuilt in their softwares'